“In 2024, more than 280 thousand people were enrolled in short-term vocational training courses across the republic. In particular, 86,532 citizens were enrolled in short-term vocational training courses and the Procedure for the Implementation and Recognition of Adult Competences in vocational training institutions of the labor and employment authorities, which is 30.9 percent of the total number at the republican level, or 10.9 percent or 4,578 people more than last year,” the Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of Tajikistan informed reporters today during a press conference.

It was also stated at the press conference that trainees were mainly trained in sewing professions and specialties, accounting for 20.2 percent of the total number of trainees, and electric welders for 10.4 percent.

At the same time, at the press conference, it was noted that the total number of artisans exceeded 18,654 people, and to create a database, a statistical reporting form 1st – the Crafts Council was developed and approved by the relevant order of the Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.

It should be mentioned that the volume of industrial production of artisans products in 2024 amounted to 101.9 million somoni.

This information indicates that the handicraft sector is developing in the republic, and artisans are increasingly placing serious importance on the production of products inherited from our ancestors.

In the press conference noted that in the past year, two vocational training and entrepreneurship centers in the cities of Khujand and Bokhtar, as well as two skills development centers in the Danghara districts and the city of Rogun, were put into operation with the participation of the Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Honorable Emomali Rahmon.

Bobiev Shohanshoh